Trendsi secures $25M to help sellers dropship more efficiently

Supply Chain
Written By Rick Watson

Trendsi connects sellers with suppliers while managing the back-end supply chain for its customer base.

Are we still funding pre-packaged Shopify dropship networks in 2022?  About 5 years ago you could not make any money on Amazon reselling someone else’s product.  You need to be a manufacturer to achieve any kind of gross margins.

I believe that day has arrived in online retail as well.  Unfortunately I’m not sure this ends well. don't believe me, just listen to this review on their homepage:

"We have worked with several dropshippers in the past, and Trendsi is hands down the best!"

Shaking my head over here. This is literally a warmed-over idea from 2001.

TechCrunch: Trendsi secures $25M to help sellers and manufacturers predict demand

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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